The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-04 00:00:00

3197.. TO THE EDITOR OF 'TIP SUN. SIR, The public _condo& of public men is a lair suble& of animadversiOn, and, therefore, no apology : can be due . to Mr. WAnDLE ; and az,ile has by accident obtained a certain species of pOpeilarity, not indeed of an enviable nayare e e..very - man has a right to examine lice.v far' ire entitled to it. I shall not g)e'colate peon hi; motives, nor 'is it necescary, for the public will drawr 'their own Conclusions upon thia subjea ; t3;.4. I preivane that-l'nose eonchisions Will hardly•he oft' tht:: tavourablenature. The Speech of NI r. Hus -1:1*0::11 has so ably refuted all thatMr.-WERDLi ad iiinced in his attempt to demonstrate the praaicatAity yt his plan for xclieving the public •bitrthens, that it may seem rash, as well as officious, to offer any t:)ing farther on the - subjoa. But ; a feW Observations on the conduct of Mr. Wattpu,..” "fell as on hih plan, cannot be useless, since he heen:held' up as-the - Idolof a party Who prOfesS to' be to ri_!forM the ,Constitution, White it is evi (ltill-i.bv 111.0 principles which. they maintain, that their oelt7iview , is to destroy it.. Mr. `Y ARDLE boasted he had a plan to propose, Which would effea a : saving of 'eleven millions in the annual expenditure r>f2thN3.iiOn: Foaolouisll his reasoning proved ? it is evAent that he must have taken great pains to become acquainted with the mtiltiplicity of topics , vilich he introduced,, though he manifested. so de= an i g norance of all. Was ;it then suitable c the clignityof_ a British- Senator, or consistent with the duty of a patriot,• to make his first com-: muntcation rtn So important a subject is a Tavern, at a Party meeting ? Surely he Must have digested his nl4 such :as it .was, at .the, time. when, he an z Ouriced it at that place, and though the period was too late for Parliamentary investigatiOn, on the eve of . the SessiOn; he would have shewn some regard to'f'ropriety in - subenittin , bis'Tideas - and inieritkonSin the first instance, to theßaironal Reptesent:tives.ra:: flier than to the turbulent followers of a Party, at'a public dinner . . . Buentlat, *hen he thOeght pro Per intioduce his plan to the Rouse of Conlincris; he declared that it was not his intention to make - any proposition .to the House chiring that 'Session. So,, that while ~ h eatfeaed to lament the 'h r i s artliens that oppressed the Pbople, and which hesaid might easily be lessened to the amount of not less than eleven millions, he 'was disposed. to let them continue to - groan under the weight which he so patheti cally deplored till another SeatiOn 1 But this point was so ably argued by Mr. BDsKtssoN, in the ex eellept report of his Speech which appeared in your Paper, that I must refer the Public to that report, which may well:be read again and again, since it is f;t? admirably cakulated to remove the. veil froth a _pretence to an 'extraordinary degree . of patriotism 'mid 'solicitude for the public welfare - . But 'Mr. • WARDLE declared - that the first time that he was struck with his sublime C once p t i on of the great -re trenchment • which . e.ould be. made in the National i'xpenees, was on ; observing: that in the 'annual ac -eirirs; the total expenditure of - Great Britain in the :ric:nr, ending 14e .sth was seventy- . One rotillions,A and that lb' the year ending the sth of 1809, it was seventy-iiiriernilliong.‘• lle then at once jumped to . a - conclusion, thaCihe in creased .mast be unnecessary, thereldr2'prot)ose3 to make a retrenchment of elev en , Without condescendieg to enqiii re. what Might:have (Ic.lsiontl. the augmentation, or taking the, teouble to ret - lz•a vu its possible neCessity.' Wenlati there fore infer, Mr. Editor, that if this - wonderful Finan diet- had heVn the fa', : ou'rite of •a - Party meeting, at the time when he first made hi's boaSted discovery,. he • would hat e itasteneti to thimil with the miglitysecret of his Platt, rattier than have subinitted it to th - die who, if it had beet predicable and expedient - , would have cirried it into - etfed io relieve •the burthens of the Mr. HUSKISSON has' so 'fully 'and 'so satis ; faetcrily accounted tor' the 'increased expenditure in the tatter yeaf, that I must again refer to his Speech, and shall for the preSenutake lenie.of the subjea. • ' • AN OLD ENDLISIinAN. MAILS. .14kt V ED— t WaterfOrCl. Gc.ttenbgrgh, ;;- i Ntalta, r Lisbon, i lltiblir., x Waterford. PIZ ICE ;.iTOCKS THIS Tw l 4ve.o'cLOcn.... 6911 i Red: Ann. . . Consols ry Fi E S UN. QUIS AUDZA7 LONDON, 7:: "LpAY, JULY 4, 1.:09. We hlve the satisfaaion ,of stating, that Captain WINTER, •of the Cadmus, arrived this morning at • 11,p Azimirnltri—witivtirt, intaigence of the defeat. cif - 8000 e nch troops, under 'Marshal' Nvi; on 'the I 2111' ult. in three att!t.npts to pass the Li idge .o f 'P.idron; in GalliCia, by the brave Patriots . undei i the comin.-.lnd - of General CAREE • • • The aaj'eet of, General INEYi it. was supposed,.was to make an attack upon Vigo ; btit whatever his 'objecl. Was, it wal 'completely frustrated.' • ' four hundred of the Enemy v.'ere killed law:lg vliom was,a General Qfficer, magnifi cent- trappings,-rnostly - of massy gold, are brought t 6 . I'..:nglaA Lys Captain t ivrEtz, who was present at and reports that the Spaniards behaved most ~ r ~~L l'al BALLAST&I:OS got ritifO tO Gijon, and it is c,u • • no _.d the greater-part of his at - my - was clisper,sed ~.L 2t! A6.tbe accou►it yr tile Capture of, Ferrol and .Co. zo - ria did not recch Fly mouth till yesterday worn cannot a expedcd in town till to tt Ilas been qt)pposedixy 'some of our Con f!.,.iiiorari)2:; that the,lrcricA. volunt3;:ly evactt_ Of ccuctl7. t~~c• a!! tl!e adv'Atif;ir, to the North of Portugal. It 'is by no means improbable that . A number of transports, destined to receive troop Ney,..finding the whole ,of the Interior of Gallicia for the Grand Expedition, have, within these 'few days, dropped down the River, and the preparations in the possession of the Patriots, might deem it pin- ; fpr eniba*ittg ttie troops at the different ports are in dent to _evacuate Ferrol and Corunna ; but se think a state of great terwaosiness.• vast quantity of et-- it very improbable that, circumetinced ee she was, he ; tillery . andammunition is to be. embarked. It is t-- said vessels are prepared for the reception of 18 should think of making a serious attempt upon Po companies of foot, and eight trotroopsa -horse aril's ,tugal. The Force which BuoNaemvea advaeced.at !cry, with a proportionate train, amounting in all to the conclusion of the last year, for the purpose of 1 above 5000 men, ' , It is also reported that 60 eigh teen-pounders, and 40 twenty-four pounders, mak overwhelming the British Army, am oun t e d t o near ins suo pieces . of besieging 'artillery, 110 field-pieces; 80,pc0 men; of this Force, rather more than one some large sixty-eight-pound carronades, about 40 • half, under Marshals NEY and .SOULT, proceeded to merter4, and a number of howitzers, are ordered to Corunna. After the en t le a rkati on o f t he. B r iti s h i be immediately embarked for this unportant service. This great armament, ive • are a'ssitred will,be most 'Tro.ops, SoULT Marched with rather more than complete in - every department, end ss" - ill be rendered 20,000 men into Portugal. Of th e l oss w hi c h lie most formidable, in the perfedion - of its equipment, "- • • as well as in the magnitude of its. sustained clueing his.progress: to Oporto, and during Sir SAVuEL HooD ia arrived in Town; His health' his stay there, in skirmishes with the Portuguese, is considerably better. Fie had nn interview with by diselase, and- by assassination, it is impossible to the Board of ,Admiraltyyesterday, and is te,be erns speak with any precision, but we know_ that in his' ployed in the approaching expedition. aliens *ith the Briti s h Troops-, and in his flight;he 7 6f. °4T . cOrtfined by - severe in lost one-fourth of his remaining force. The broken Lord W.Bsseseetcx, it is said, is to proceed to the remnant of his Army, with 'Which he entered t Continent to &bin the - Austrian astny. • The Marquis WELLESLEY is confined to his bed. Spain, was without arms, ammunition, horses, or His Lordship's complaint is the gout in his stomach, equipage; and in ‘GalliCia there certainly were not of which he had a flaish 'and' very severe attack on Sat , rdav is the opinion of his physicians', Sir the means of supplying its wants. In the mean time, L e, • ' se e 1 I NEY's ermy, which remained qallieia, wa-s' c rts 0 • - NY. .*,?ARaUHAR and ~.—IGHToN, that ssei. not • be able to walk for these - eight or ten days. His Mandy harassed,. and daily diminishedit was en- Lordship was worse last night. gaged in numerous skirtnisltes, anal in some very Yesterday the dispatches were finally closed at the severe aCtions with the Spaniards. The garris.on of ast"lndia Honse, and dsiliveiect•te the Pursers' of • e • -the following ships, viz. Charlotte, and Windham, Vigo was taken by the British end the. Spaniards ; • for Madeira arid Bengal; IVosthciraptoe, and linicorn, and the garrisons of St. Jago and Villa Franca by the for Madeira encrßombay ; Sir William . rah Pulteney, latter. . The French cavalry w as re d uce d by constant glilliain Pitt' Lady Dishington • ' and. Sarah Chris tiana, for Bengal diree.4. fatigue, to little more than 400 men. Under these In all probability the reign of CHARLES XIII. will . Circurilstaoges, it is by no means improbable _that be'more short lived than that of his unfortunate and NEY and SoULT might find it 'expedient to evas deposed nephew. it is much to be feared that the ,the whole of Gallicia, and t o retreat to the Emperor of RusetA will' fraternize . Sweden in same loving I)aanner that NaPotiost has done Hol eastward; but we can hardly suppose, that with a land, and in - that case the services of the present force thus diminished, they would make a serious Monarch ,will most likely be dispensed with. There attempt Upon Portugal. We are s t rong l y in c li ne d is no doubt that considerable alartnalready 'exists on t hi s s u b j e c t i n e t eeke eini • ' s. • • to think that the French - will endeavour to . con- A dashing equestrian, in Bondlstre - et; sported yei . - centrate their forge in Spain, and resume their pcisi terday Hessian boot's with gold tassels, gold binding - , tiOn upon the Ebro. • and gold spurs. • Bread continues at last Week's prices'. A few nights since ' the Aoyal Mercury Exeter Coach Wei:robbed of a parcel, containing bank-ncv'es to a large amount, between Lad-lane and Salisbury. Captain BARCLAY was pursuing his task on Sun day evening. He is rather 'reduced in flesh, and, from a stiffness in his legs, he now occupies from 20 to 25 minutes in walking each mile, but is confident of success. , Betting is two to one, and five to two on the peformance. A grand pigeon rhatch took place yesterday for 100 gaineas aside, between three of Surrey; and three 'of Bucks, on Southend Common; Bucks.— The Gentlemen of Bucks had the #l4t fire, and kill ed 19 birds from a trap at eo yards. Those of Sur rey and consequenity the former were de cla killedredtlle t Winners. Middlesex has challenged either County. Tile Theerims—ln consequence of the sudden indisposition of Mr, YOUNG, who was to, have per formed' in The Iron Chest last night, At the Hay market Theatre„ the Comedy ot The Beaux Strata gem was substituted: The new Farce. ef Killing no Murder followed, was fully confirmed in public thvcur. This piece, as we before observed, is chiefly indebted 9 b we d rs o o f andL a l g S a T i O n isl e , x n er n t d the nistitl'n . eci last the iA Tilw former Es were i e g t itt with the most diverting effed, nor was the grotesque lpet simplicity of linsToar much less o pes • ratit e upon the risible muscles. The bea st was crowded. The Scenery for the new Theatre in Covent Gar s dn will probably be ready l on g b e f ore t h e t i me when the new structure is finished. Amens other .chatters in this department of the. Theatre, the architeClural scenes will; we have reason 'to believe, be particularly striking and Correa. Mr. CAPON, whose knowledge and research are well knoW , n, has retrieved much from the ravages of tittle, and there s fore in representing the older dramas of this country, we shall be placed as much in the scene of action as if we were contemporary With the characters that are employed in it. The - Loan CHANCELLOR remarked yesterday in Court, upon a motion for payment 'or costs; that it had become too frequent to' trespass on the funds in the Accountant's hands by intermediate motions, so that at last in some cases scarcely any thing remained for the creditor. He thought that it would be an improvement in praEtice, that the Accountant should in every case set aside a sufficient sum to answer debts, to be beyond the reach of theseintermediate motions, and declared his intention' of c.brhmunicat ing with the Accountant, to ascertain' Whether there was any insuperable obier:tiqn to .the establishment of swell a rule. BUONAPARTE in seizing the Papal States, upon the plea that his 4f august predecessor CHARLE IAGNE" gave them merely as fiefs to the Bishops of Rome, , has improved upon the principle on which he claimed possession of Spain. In the latter case he founded his claim upon the consent of the Royal Family whom he had entrapped into his power, but in the former he gives his own interpretation .to CnARLEmAGNE's intention, and has no consent to plead but his own. In both cases he does not give himself the trouble of regarding the consent of the people., though be deemed a mockery of such consent necessary when he exalted himself into the rats of Emperor of France. By raising the revenues of the Pont, from what they were since his Holiness was divested of all his teniporal rights, it is probable that he has reconciJed the Papal Father to this arrange- - meet, and indeed the latter might think himself well off in being permitted to escape with life, notwith standing all his sacrifices and all his humiliations to a low-bprn Tyrant and Usurper. StricinE.=—A young lady, the daughter of a re speetable upholsterer in Mary-le-bone, put a period to her existence on Sunday evening in the Paddington Canal, in 'consequence of some altercetion atilorne. She contrived to make-her escape from home unob served, after the family had 'gone to bed, and at four o'clock :yesterday •-sp h orefipet wfts fouild .4thwned in !heconiih • • We must beg to call ti.e particular 'attention of our Readers to the trial which 'took pl ace yesterday . . . in the Court of King's Bench, between Mr. WRIGHT, theTpholsterer, and Mr. WARDLE.. They wi11,. - we ' are convinced, read it with astonishnient and with disgust, but it Will enable them to appreciate justly the ipilrity of Mr. WARDLE'S mouyes, and the ac ctaraeyof his statements is his charges against the Duke. olYoax. We have not room now to com ment at length . upon this subjea, but we moot forbear calling to ibt...recoiledion of our Readers the innumerable, the solemn assertions, made by Mr. •WARDLE, respeaing his connexion with,_Mrs.., CLARKE, and begging them to compare those asser- tions with the testimony which she gave yesterday.' Let us'not be told that she Is unworthy of credit,what ever opinion we or the Public in general may have of Litt- veracity, Mr. WARDLE cannot, after what has passed, impeach it,and the Jury believed h . er. It will not be forgotten with what an affeaation of ' indignation Mr. WARDLE, at the Crown and Anchor, resented even the insinuation of his . . having any improper connexion with Mrs, CLAar,s, and yet she swears that he had furnished a house for her in the most expensive manner. " Wa s this (to use the language of a Paper of this Morning) in payment for .her Person or her Testimony ?" If f or her Person, what becomes of cMr, WARDLE'S veracity ? if for her Testimony, what , ,becomeS of the boasted purity of his motives ? Mr. W ARBLE , i n opening the Charges against the Duke of Yoßg, , assured the House of Commons, in the most solemn manner, i t i l i t in at in he was ig a v a es u tig ate a d tio b n; ynoimpearesTonavalsfeFeol it ill of hostility tow ar d s t h e C ommander in Chief; that he wasinfluen•ced ,solely by th e Duty which he owed to his Count r y, w hi c h leas paramount; to every other consideratio n . Th ese assert i ons were daily and dourly repeated by Mr. WARD LE , an d hi s F r i ends; they were printed in pamphlets; they were en , g,-aveLt - iin medals;—compare them with the tes timonygiven by .Mrs. CLARK S , y ester d ay, in which - she positively sw ore ( we quote from the Morning ChrOnicle) that " she was to give Mr. WARDLE every information in h er power, . a nd to assist i NE uc t i . he was to furnish her house." •But there is another part of her testimony which we think'still more important :' peaking of her debt to the up holsterer, she says, .!‘ He (Mr. WARBLE) knew of WRIGHT'S debt, because ile advised Mt. WRIGHT to to brita , i'atvaaion against the person who be thought • ought to pay. HE‘TROSIISED TO MR. WRIGHT, IF HE ciFOULD BRING £W.:II AN ACTIOIT, THAT km I.V(ILTLD FAY ALL THE COST 3." • Did this offer proceed from public duty, or private feeling towards the Duke of York'?' We shall not at present pursue this subjett any further, but we shall resume our observations,. evlll though they should unfortunately give 'Paip to those who ,Public .. meetings to thank Mr: IWARDi for the po riiy of his - ni • otiveS, and the pntriotiso of his .111clual in iligiitUting 016 im;esfigatiph.rispediug O e . D u ke o Yoric'• ' • . , , I . NAVA L NEW S. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.—Arrived his Majesty's ships St. Joseph, *WI troops, from Plymouth ; Gam bier cutter frOm 'rot bay ; and Protcaur gun-brig froni a cruize. FALMOUTH, , JULY I.—Arrived his Majeat y's ship Goree, with her convoy, for Portugal. --.-.. • • .YARMOUTII, 3.—gassed this morning' for Gottenburgh 1.00 sail of merchantmen under convq< Arrived the Ucts cutter. DEAL, JULY 3.—Arrived his Majesty's . sloopf the Challenger, Crocus, Cherokee, Beagle, Cordelia, and Sabrina, from a cruize ofr the coast of -.France; Peerless frigate, from the Nore; Fisgard fkignte, from Portugal; Woolwich Lighter, from Woolwich; and the FUripus gun-brig, from a cruize off Flush.. ing. Sailed the Edgar; of 74 guns, for the Baltic; and • the Sabrina,. for the Nore. Also arilyed the Black Joke lugger, from, , Ply mouth, with ig sail under convoy; chiefly merdhant ! - . men, for • the River; and the Dapper gun-brig, from Portsmouth, with 92 sail,chie-ijy.transportv, to take in the troops destined for the'Expedition. The 91st Regiment marched ..to Margate fir em barkation this morning. The 92 , d Regiment marched for ShornclifF on theit routg to-Portsmouth, .for embarkation. The 36th Regimelit is e;tpetaett to march to-mor . . roF . momirig for llamsgate. SHEERNESS, JULY 1 . .--Sailed his Majesty's ship Sceptre to Portsmouth and-his . Majesty's ship Eu:. rydlii;s, to join',S . ir PICHARD STRACF A ' AN's squ'odrO4 off Flushing. . • JULY 2. - -Arrived 2.--4rrived the Sabrina and Sarpeddn. 'Went out o£f - harbour his Majesty's ship ilyred. . The .11 , ymphen . was undocked. Sailed the Sarpedon and Sabrina for PortimOflth . ' , Caine down from Chatham, his Majesty's ship Al- Fred, to the Great Nore, his Majesty's ship Rosen* has made the signal for Helegoland. SHEERNESS, JULY 2.—Sailed his Majesty'3 sJi Alfred. • • Arrived his Majesty's sloop Nid Ebert. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the Adamant, for the capture of the Gastaf Vasa, on the 4th inst. at No. 3, Philpot-lane, and every TtlestlaY and Friday after. To the Hired armed Cutter Nile, for the capture of the Nostra Senora del Buen Vcorage, on the iath inst. at No. 9, New Liroad-street. and e - ::;ry Wednesday and Thtusday T after o . - • . . the Hired armed Brig Colpbfs - , Tor - thi detention of the Mercurius, on the Bth- inst at . No. ti, Cecil-street; Strand, and every day alter at the saute place. • To the Hired armed Cutter Princess of . Wales, for the de tehtion of the Prussian Ship VioW 4 Aiatina, op the Bth ;pt. 0 No. It; -Cecil.street, Strand; and every day after, at the same place. • , . To the Hired armed Brig Rowena, for the re-capture of the Ranger, vn the gth inst. at No. it, Cecil-steet, 'Strand, and every day after at the same place. To the Sloop of War Metcurins, for the capture of the French Ketch La Bonne Mere, qn board, at Sheerness, and every Wednesday/ and Thigsday after, it hurry, Jukes, and Co 's Office, Gosport. . .• To the Leopard, Tar the capture of the Mary Ann, on the sth inst. at •No. la, Lipper Thames -street, and :every day rot three months, at the same place , TO TEE gpiroß OF THE SUN. MR. EDITOR, Portsmouth, .1 uf y 2, 1809 e In your Paper-of the 296 ',rune,' I - observe a pi;. r . -ragrapi, part of i.vhicti is thus Worded—" Captain " - 6Otherlaud,..Who was sentenced to death at'the " Admiralty Sessions, tor tile - murder of his Cabin. " Boy, Richard Wilson, was executed this thoin:4 "ing, at Execution Dock"—Now, Sir, as .4 alai not aware that the Master of a Merchant Vessel is .entitled to such appellation, which only longs to end designates a certain class of the King's 9Uicers, there can be little reason to doubt that One - halt at tt.ie community will, from the wording ot yt.urparaurapk, believe that the person there nan:-!d was the Captain of a *Man of War, which must ke injurious. to his Majesty's Naval Service. Considering, therefore, that such paragraph s sauna, be too :,:,rratly given, and that an Editor should have sotne pride iti dui.i so, I persuade myself you will in tuitire thto C4sar no More. than belong' to Caesar. • I am, Sir, 'Your very humble Servant, N4VALts. • P.S. I am persuaded if you was to insert a Para 7. graph of • the foregoing tendency in your excelltiit Paper, it might be the cause of correeting the same sort of errors in every Editor in the Kingdom." COLONEL WARDLE.-It is much to be regretted that the la-suit between Colonel WARDLE and Alt .W.atetur, the Upholder, did not take_ place before any public 'meetings. bad been held for the purpose of giving thanks to the formyr for his conduct in the late Parliamentary investigation. If this trial had previously taken place, a Resolution of the fol. lowitig nature might have .been 'properly added to all the others which have been voted in his f3voui', t and with an equal regard to truth.andljustice " Resolved—That.cOlonel WAnnt.r, in refusing to pay the tiphOlder, for furnishing the house of Mrs. CL4a4g, and thereby attempting to throw the debt on her,, was :lactated by principles of public spirit very different from the weak= neSs of gratitude, and all those notions of obli gation which are„ held- honourable in private life; acid influence the conclutt•ofordinary people, anchthat;':considering, as he most have done, her evidence - in the House of Commons as the effett of disappointment - and_ revenge,. he was anxious ] as much as - depended on, birn, that she should be pu nished by the bortl4-n nt a ciernand tli.it 54.. , was, un ule, to pay, and b ex po , ,ed as_ a , discarded tool - to all beBvorld, when l.l liolooger,any occasion fur et